J-K: Four army personnel killed in Doda encounter
Synopsis
Four army personnel, including an officer, critically injured in a gunfight with heavily-armed terrorists, succumbed to their injuries early Tuesday in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources confirmed. The encounter occurred when troops from the Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operations Group of the Jammu & Kashmir Police launched a joint cordon and search operation in the Dhari Gote Urarbagi area of the Desa forest belt.
According to officials, a joint operation was launched by the Army and Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday evening following an exchange of fire with terrorists in Dessa area of the district.
Doda encounter claims lives of four soldiers; political leaders react
They said that additional troops have been called in to tighten the cordon.
Earlier on Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered old-rusted arms and ammunition from a terrorist hideout in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The recovery items include 30 rounds of AK-47, one magazine of AK-47 rifle, and one HE-36 hand grenade, as per the officials.
This comes against the backdrop of the recent terror attacks in the Jammu region, including the terror attack at the army convoy in Kathua and encounters in Doda and Udhampur, which are in the Jammu region.
(With inputs from ANI)
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